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Articles, ideas and practical perspectives on Emotional Wellbeing, education and the thinking behind Motional.
Threat matters. Across evolution, animals that could detect danger and respond quickly were simply more likely to survive. Sometimes that meant moving away or becoming still. Sometimes it meant preparing to defend themselves – or actively doing so!
What is the Inclusive Mainstream Fund? The UK Government has announced the Inclusive Mainstream Fund, a grant paid directly to local authorities and academy trusts, designed to support schools in becoming more systemically and sustainably inclusive by embedding inclusive practice…
Humans are unusually dependent on care. From before birth, we rely on others for regulation, warmth and sensory connection. After birth, that dependence becomes even more visible through feeding, protection, reassurance and care...
Before we think, we’ve already moved! For much of the history of psychology and neuroscience, emotion was treated as something that happened alongside, or sometimes interfered with, thinking. Affective Neuroscience asks us to look at this differently.
KCSIE 2026 is live from 1 September. This article explains what's changed on mental health and safeguarding, and a practical checklist to help you get ready...
What neuroscience can teach us about Emotional Wellbeing The purpose of education is not to eliminate uncertainty. It is to help young people become better predictors of an uncertain world...
Reading for pleasure is falling. Learn how to rekindle a love of reading by creating low-pressure, autonomy-rich environments where children and young people can engage with stories on their own terms
‘Pupil voice’ is one of those buzzwords or topics that keeps coming back around – in fact, it never really seems to go away. And there’s good reason for that. For the wellbeing of students as individuals and as a…
Motional is committed to neuro-affirming practice. We've introduced our Neuro-affirming 'Always-Never' descriptors to validate all neurotypes in Snapshot and Groupshot completion, supporting a strengths-based approach that sees and values the whole child.
Wellbeing is often discussed in broad, professional terms, and is writ large in the new Ofsted framework. When we apply that same generic lens to teaching, we risk missing something important. Teaching is not just cognitively demanding - it is…
